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Pet Animals Act, 1951.
Four registrations of pet shops were renewed and one new
registration made during the year. Six inspections of the premises
were made during the year, the shops all being maintained in a
satisfactory condition.
Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act, 1951
No additional registrations have been made under this Act, the
number of premises registered in the Borough remaining one.
Petroleum (Regulation) Acts, 1928 and 1936
Sixty licences were renewed at the beginning of the year, and
one licence was amended during the year. This was due to the fact
that the E.C.C. Fire Brigade changed the storage at Snakes Lane
Fire Station from a can store to the more usual storage of petrol in
an underground tank, and increased the amount licenced from 100
to 500 gallons.
Additional pumps were fitted to existing tanks at two garages.
Game Licences.
Sixteen licences to deal in Game were renewed in 1953.
The Milk (Special Designations) (Pasteurised and Sterilised Milk)
Regulations, 1949 and Raw Milk Regulations.
The following licences were issued:—
Dealers Licences
Pasteurised 11 Sterilised 19 Tuberculin Tested 11.
Dealers (Pasteurisers) Licence 1
Supplementary Licences
Pasteurised 9 Sterilised 9 Tuberculin Tested 9.
Shops Act, 1950.
Seventy-eight visits were made under this Act.
Hours of closing. No difficulty was experienced in this direction,
shops close well before the time specified in the Act.
It was necessary to require the provision of water closet accommodation
in a lock-up shop.
Essex County Council Act, 1933,
Massage and Special Treatment Establishments
As in previous years, the Sanitary Inspectors carried out the
usual routine inspections to these premises. They were all found to
be quite satisfactory. Nine visits were made during the year.
Inspections carried out by Sanitary Inspectors
Infectious disease equiries, including enquiries in respect of
scabies 85
Visits in connection with contacts, disinfection, etc 40
Enquiries in connection with food poisoning 4
Verminous premises 7
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